CVE-2023-50229 HIGH

CVE-2023-50229: BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Bluez
Product BlueZ
Weakness CWE-122
Published May 3, 2024
Last update November 4, 2025

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

BlueZ Phone Book Access Profile Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of BlueZ. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must connect to a malicious Bluetooth device. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the Phone Book Access profile. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20936.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 3, 2024 CVE published
November 4, 2025 Record updated